Promoting aspects of intercultural awareness when incorporating elements of dance

Este proyecto es un estudio de tipo cualitativo que tiene como propósitos determinar los aspectos de la conciencia intercultural promovidos en un aula de aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera, cuando incorporan elementos de la danza. Este estudio de investigación acción está enfocado en el diseño y aplicación de una implementación pedagógica para promover aspectos de conciencia intercultural que trabaja con danzas folclóricas colombianas. Este proyecto pedagógico fue llevado a cabo con 23 estudiantes de un colegio público de Bogotá. Los instrumentos de recolección de información fueron trabajos de las estudiantes, entrevistas a estudiantes y diarios de campo. A través del análisis de datos se crean tres categorías que describen algunos aspectos de la conciencia intercultural que promueven una mejor relación entre los participantes de esta investigación y seguramente hacer personas más sensibles y consientes del valor de la diversidad cultural que hay en nuestra sociedad.This project is a qualitative type of study that aims to determine some aspects of Intercultural awareness promoted in an EFL classroom when using elements of dance and to identify the kind of transformation students go through in an EFL classroom when incorporating basis of dance. Therefore, this action research study focuses on designing and applying a pedagogical implementation for fourth primary students to promote aspects of intercultural awareness when working Colombian folk dances. This pedagogical project was carried out with 23 fourth grade students at a public school at Bogotá, the main instruments to collect data were student´s artifacts, student´s interviews and field notes. Through the data analysis three categories describe some intercultural awareness´s aspects that encourage a better relationship among the participants of this investigation and surely make people more sensitive and aware of the worthy cultural diversity we have in our society

Braiding networks of freedom

Braiding networks of freedom constitutes a valuable tool for teachers and students in the exercise of constructing citizenship and promoting coexistence in their schools and their surroundings. This document contributes to strengthening citizens’ capacities, as promoted by the ECC- “Educación para la Ciudadanía y la Convivencia”: Identity, Dignity and Rights; Responsibilities and respect for people’s rights; Sensitivity and Emotion Management; Meaning of Life, Body and Nature; Participation and Coexistence”. One mission of the Colombian education system is to promote a general and objective understanding of the world while maintaining the subjective perspectives, customs, beliefs and ways of life of each ethnic group; that is why, as part of its social and integration program, the Ministry of National Education has regulated the “Cátedra de Estudios Afrocolombianos” (CEA) which promotes the construction of interculturality within and from educational institutions, and focuses on recognizing the contributions African-Colombian, Black, Palenquera and Raizal populations have made to politics, economics, sciences, academia, arts and so o